Word: human
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Desmond Morris, British zoologist and author of the new book Manwatching, a Field Guide to Human Behavior: "People will walk by an old man sitting on a park bench, but stare intently at a painter's portrait of an old man sitting on a park bench because it has the visual authority of a frame around it. To me, looking at people can be as fascinating as looking at a great work...
...does not help resolve moral conflicts, of course; it just exploits them. Family aside, the Tuesday night hits encourage viewers of all ages to think of adolescence as the apex of human emotional development. Yet if ABC's shows are junk-as a CBS executive once labeled them-they are frequently far better than the junk on the other two networks. To see why, one need only look over at various knockoffs. On CBS, for example, a new show, On Our Own, and an old series, Rhoda, are both trying to emulate Laverne & Shirley-right down to the opening...
...Toronto Globe and Mail's man in Peking, Ross H. Munro has been reprimanded by Chinese officials, described to visiting journalists as a troublemaker and pointedly excluded from press trips around the country. That was even before he wrote a candid and widely reprinted series on human rights in China, or rather the absence thereof. Now Munro has received the ultimate rebuke: Chinese officials have informed the Globe and Mail that "for obvious reasons" Munro's visa, due to expire Dec. 23, will not be renewed, and he will have to leave Peking by that date. Munro becomes...
...subject see Mind in the Waters, ed. by Joan McIntyre.) The size and complexity of the Cetacean's brain, though not yet undeniably linked to an ability to reason and feel, raises tantalizing questions. Can whales live? Do they have an oral history? Are they happier than the acquisitive human being? Will we ever be able to communicate verbally with the bowhead? Have they ever read Camus...
...whales and dolphins such friendly and seemingly sensitive creatures, never known to attack a human being unless harpooned? It may be that echolocation, an adaptation to the eternal darkness of the ocean's depths, accounts for the unique personality of the whale. In echolocation, the whale projects high frequency sounds forwards. The sound waves bounce off objects, then return to the sound chamber in his forehead. He can tell the distance of the object by the strength of the returning sound wave. But these high frequency sound waves penetrate skin as well as water. Dr. John Sutphen, interested in diagnosing...